New-York tribune., 1887-12-29
No REPORTERS NEED APPLY.
Mysrrpy At NO 81 EXCHANGE PLACE

ArOCK SALES BOOKS FIsHED FROM TIE ""i ~
THE U.CKENsACk RIVER
IN crndav last the tender of the bridge over
.,o UooL.neack River between Hackensack ana
Marion N T.. fshed out of the water where 'hey
had been caught in the iron coping OIL the prluec'
. number OF stock-sacs books OF the hrm OF Da'cr'
Timnson & Co, stockholders OF NO. 81 hAch"hsc
place A little boy named Willie VIVIAN hau
seen n tall. thin wcll-dressed man, who wore req
v,bslers and a silk hat, throw buhdie which
contained the books into the river Inc man hao
driven up Willie said, in sleigh and had asKeo
him to throw the bundle into the river Tor hlih
but Willie was afraid and ran away 10 tcii 'he
bridgetcnders, the man did the JOB hmsell anu
then drove off, An examination OF the DOCKS
talon from the water showed them to be sales
books Of the above-named firm for the years CO.
1880 1881, 1882 and 1883. Hiram Dater ielo
the firm in 1884 and il has since been Ilmpsoh
& Co.
A reporter called at the office Of Timpson % Oo'
,ostcrdav II is n caycrnous- looking place at the
rcor ~ the second floor of No. 81 Exchange Pace
and indiNcrentlv lighted The storm raging
without added to the gloom ana gave we'ro cN-
preston TO the faces Of half-a-dozen men "I'hi"'
who looked up in a startled way as ,he icpoi'off %
tried 10 cross the threshold. young utii vi
suovc micn and nute-lillc voice gently puShcu 'hc
rcporter before him out into the rhtrlnce-wA .
which was dark as pocket, closed the Oi,cc-u""i
behind him. and asked IN scarccly """i"iV Wins
Ucrs what was desired. ,, NJ,
came To inquire about those salcS-oo0Ns Vi
yours found in the llackcnsack,' replied the re-
porter. e, g so. soo,
thc Young man said: "NobOdy knows anything
about them hcre-nothing except what we We sc'n
i'll the papers 49,, ,o,o.
Another shudder and "a mute shaking OF the he"u
W." ." IInd no one missed the books before yon hcard
of thcm as having been taken from the rNt'
The oniv answer was an uneasy movement w
ward the door: c,oo T. ie said
that he knows all about them .,.,.o 1is
The vounc man raised both hands apoNe MS
head rs if about to fly. "Nn Gid
That i>n9 So" he said, at last VII. ,', H
ivan nor anybody else don't Know ANY 'ittaS , nrt"r
thon hooks i say" Here he opened the oulG,r
door with a motion which indicated m"te Ia.,H Ia n
than words that he thought It was tnr .ol u' ,ot
70 ,o', terto ro Tcastvavs" he added we've got
nothing to say for publication. ., and .
A. his iuncturc the oficc-loor oNn'd an"
surv looking man Of hlty pcrhalN W." ,.arS, roc
ar, and air Of a hruiscr with twenty Nc"'N ,,
ord appcared His eve fell u0on me N"nni ,,.'r ','
,,itL n rcnro9chful glare under which the "'''r
scnmc1 about 10 sink through the u9"r. ,,od
Wat's yer savin to that man ne u'n'%m,%,' %,',
in cultural accents. l'"n NHr NV"
o., nov.thin' to say about them books ,,.o nm
,ri rcnortcr did not attempt to cngag% % 'ile .'
i' irtcrlncntor i'm COnvcr>afl II. l"' .!
1onr w. opcn the situation wlthh wa u.l" i.
49,, ond th. reporter made way "'I II,u 1
more hosuitable tempest. Blt me NJ W. j., so
80, ol;s remains uncXplain med NY J ~
I'd ,l]ond distressing topic with the occuNTr'N
~ nor ot,icc ON the second floor OF No.'I IN
cbanpc Place?